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Job Description:
Our Parsons Chicago office is now hiring for a Principal Transportation Planner to support a variety of transportation projects in Illinois, Iowa, and the surrounding region. The Principal Transportation Planner at this level will have solid experience in transportation projects for local, state, and national agencies. Typical project assignments will involve utilizing knowledge of NEPA to guide and support multi-modal corridor planning and analysis, environmental impact assessment, land use planning, stakeholder engagement, smart mobility, and complete street planning and design. This role will support the planning and engineering teams in our regional transportation infrastructure practice.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Applying solid foundational knowledge of NEPA guidelines to develop planning strategies supportive of various regional road & highway projects.
- Performing transportation planning work assignments, including data collection and research, corridor and regional studies, multi-modal planning and design, compiling results, and writing reports.
- Preparing, coordinating, and facilitating public involvement and consensus-building meetings and workshops.
- Supporting transportation engineering and planning team in our region.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with existing and future clients.
- Collaborating with business development team to support project development activities.
- Directing the preparation of graphics and mapping.
- Supporting work of team members in the delivery of studies, reports, and plans.
What Required Skills You'll Bring:
- Must have a 4-year degree in Urban/ Environmental Planning (or related field) and 10 years or more of related work experience.
- AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners Certification) is desirable at this level.
- Demonstrated experience with transportation planning initiatives to support transportation projects is essential.
- Solid knowledge and experience with NEPA regulations and guidelines is required, including preparing purpose and need statements and alternatives development and evaluation documents.
- The preferred candidate will have recent experience working on Illinois Department of Transportation projects.
Security Clearance Requirement:
NoneThis position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!Salary Range: $88,400.00 - $154,700.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Urban/Environmental Planning or related field
- 10+ years of related transportation planning work experience
- Demonstrated experience with transportation planning initiatives supporting projects
- Solid knowledge and experience with NEPA regulations, including purpose-and-need and alternatives development/evaluation
- Ability to prepare, coordinate, and facilitate public involvement and consensus-building meetings/workshops
- Experience directing preparation of graphics and mapping for planning studies
- AICP certification
- Recent experience on Illinois Department of Transportation projects
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
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